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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. L. ELLIOTT.

GRAIN METER.

No. 405.833. Patented June 25, 1889.

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L. ELLIOTT.

GRAIN METER.

No. 405.833. Patented June 25, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEE ELLIOTT, OF STUART, IOWVA.

GRAIN-METER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 405,833, dated June 25,1889.

Application filed August 6, 1888. Serial No. 282,116. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, LEE ELLIOTT, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Stuart, in the county of Guthrie and State ofIowa, have invented an Improved Automatic Grain-Meter, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention consists in the construction and combination of anopen-ended duplex measure and operative mechanism with a grain conveyor,as hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side view showing theduplex measure suspended under the discharge-spout of a conveyor and inposition, as required, to receive grain flowing from the spout. Fig. 2is a vertical section of the measure, showing the operative devicesconnected therewith and carried thereby. Fig.3 is an enlarged top viewof a section of the measure and the trip mechanism. Fig. r is anenlarged side view of the measure andtop portion of aconveyer, showingthe devices fixed to the measure and to the conveyor for automaticallyop erating the measure.

A is the discharge-spout of a conveyor, and B is an adj ust-ablo chutehinged in the mouth of the spout in such a manner that the chute can beturned up to close the mouth and serve as a cut-off for arresting theflow of grain while the measure is revolving and emptying.

O is an open -ended cylinder, preferably made of sheet metal, and has afixed diaphragm d at its center, that practically makes it a duplexmeasure.

f is a shaft fixed to the diaphragm to extend in opposite directions andthrough bearers g, that are fixed to the conveyor in such a manner thatthe measure will be suspended under the mouth of the conveyor and adjustable chute.

h is a metal bar fixed to the conveyor in such a manner that it willextend horizontally over the top edge of the measure 0.

h is a spring fixed to the under side of the bar h to engage a latchingdevice carried by the measure O.

K are pockets fixed to the outside and opposite ends of the measure 0 insuch a mannor that when the measure is full of grain or has received thequantity desired the grain will flow through an opening inthe wall ofthe measure and into the pocket and depress a movable bottom 76 that issuspended by means of a rod m, that extends up through a guide on fixedto the measure.

m" is a spring that in its normal condition holds the bottom It and rodan elevated, as required, to keep the rod in contact with the spring hand the measure stationary in a vertical position to receive the graindischarged from the conveyor.

13 is a curved rod or arm fixed on the end of the hinged adjustablechute B.

n are straight arms fixed to the shaft f to extend in oppositedirections in the same plane. measure 0 in such a manner that when themeasure is full and revolves to empty the arm at the top will come incontact with the curved arm B and lift it, as required, to thereby turnup the chute B, to prevent the grain from escaping from the conveyoruntil the duplex measure is inverted and ready again to receive grain;and as the measure turns and empties the rod m comes in contact with thespring h, and is thereby arrested, as required, to retain the emptyvessel perpendicular until the top part is filled and the overflow ofgrain from the measure into the pocket It depresses the bottom and rod072, as required, to unlatch and empty the measure. A complete automaticmeter for measuring grain in bulk is thus readily combined and operatedwith a conveyor.

I claim as my invention 1. The pockets K, fixed to the measure C,

the movable bottoms 70, having fixed rods m,

extended through fixed guides m, and the springs m", in combination withthe fixed bar it and spring-latch h, substantially as shown anddescribed, for the purposes stated.

2. The open-ended measure 0, having a fixed partition or diaphragm d, afixed shaft f, fixed pockets K, and fixed guides m, the rods 0%, havingfixed bottoms it, the springs m, the arms at and g, and the conveyor A,having a hinged chute B, provided with a curved arm B arranged andcombined to operate in the manner set forth, for the purposes I stated.

LEE ELLIOTT.

Witnesses:

A. W. LivrNos'roN, BEN S. ADAMS.

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